Rumenka

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Map of Novi Sad City with the surrounding inhabited places, showing the location of Rumenka

The main street and the Orthodox Church

The Calvinist Church

Rumenka (Руменка) is a village located in the Novi Sad municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 5,729 people (2002 census).

1 Name
2 History and culture
3 Historical population
4 Features
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Name

In Serbian, the village is known as Rumenka or Руменка, in Hungarian as Piros, and in Croatian as Rumenka.

The story about origin of the name of Rumenka claim that in the early years of existence of the village, the land contained many red flowers and when looked upon from a distance Rumenka looked like a red field. Therefore, it was named "Piros", a Hungarian word meaning "red". The same meaning have Serbian name "Rumenka", which came from the word "rumen" meaning "red".

[edit] History and culture

It was first mentioned in 1237. During the Ottoman rule, in 1590, the population of the village numbered 20 houses. In this time, Rumenka was populated by Serbs. There is a Serb Orthodox Church (built in the 16th-17th century), a Reformate Church (built in 1836) and a Parish house (built in 1780) in the village.

[edit] Historical population

1961: 2,546
1971: 2,906
1981: 3,629
1991: 4,361

[edit] Features

Rumenka is located near the Danube-Tisa-Danube channel. Although Rumenka is located near Novi Sad, the largest city in Vojvodina, the main branch of industry in the village is farming.